Man wanted in connection with Nov. 6 prison escape

Brother allegedly drove getaway car from Northampton jail.

The brother of a Northampton County Prison escapee helped him flee by meeting him outside with a getaway car, officials allege.

A warrant was issued last Thursday for Marvin Derrick Scott, 29, of Hagerstown, Md., charging him with conspiracy to commit escape and aiding in the escape of William Scott on Nov. 6.

Both men remain at-large.

William Scott, 22, of Hagerstown, escaped from the prison's work-release section by breaking a security window with a bucket.

According to an affidavit filed by prison Lt. Jose Garcia, Scott had phoned his brother in Hagerstown, given him directions to the prison in Easton and asked him to pick him up outside on Union Street at 7 p.m.

William Scott had been serving a one- to two-year sentence after pleading guilty to intent to deliver marijuana.

Scott's escape was the second at the prison in two months.

Ryan Lee Loveless, 30, of Somerset, Ky., climbed two walls Dec. 7 after a corrections officer mistakenly left him unattended after Loveless took out trash. Loveless was captured Dec. 17 in Lehighton.

Another inmate was charged this month with trying to escape.

Jerome Larry Heffner Jr., 43, formerly of Lehigh Township, is accused of using a pipe to dig a hole through a shower room wall.

He intended to climb down the outer wall on a rope of bed sheets because he did not want to be sent to state prison to serve a sentence related to pointing a gun at his wife's head, officials said. A maintenance worker foiled his escape by finding the hole.

The county is considering adding more razor wire atop the prison walls in response to the recent occurrences.

This spring, officials intend to conduct a security review of the prison in hope of showing any vulnerabilities, Public Safety Administrator John McGeehan said. That study had been planned prior to the recent escapes and attempted escape.

The prison in October passed the security section of its most-recent Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inspection.